The Whiskey Trip - Ep. 42 - Raleigh Hughes, Head of Sales - Bendt Distilling Co.

This week on The Whiskey Trip Podcast, Big Chief takes you on a ride to Lewisville, Texas and introduces you to Bendt Distilling Co. He chats with Raleigh Hughes, who is the Head of Sales. Raleigh takes the Big Man through all of this beautiful distillery’s expressions that are all Bottled in Bond and they discuss their unique submarine pot still. This place is the reason Big Chief came back to podcasting. Raleigh and Big Chief start the show with the Bendt No. 5, which is a blend of all their expressions and has a citrus zest to it. They then move to the UnBendt Rye which has a unique mash bill of Elbon Rye, Triticale Hybrid Grain, Marris Otter Malted Barley, and Naked Streaker Oats. This gives it a thin mint cookie taste. They finish the first half with the UnBendt wheat whiskey which makes Big Chief light up with excitement. In the second half they start with UnBendt Bourbon, which at 5 years old can compete with anything on the shelf. They finish the show with UnBendt Malt Whiskey. What a wonderful expression of Malted Whiskey using wheat as a secondary grain. This ride on The Whiskey Trip shows that Texas Whiskey’s are coming of age and are to be respected as their own classification. Get out and get on the Texas Whiskey Trail. Cheers!